The family of a Valparaiso motorcyclist killed when a truck smashed into him filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit Friday in LaPorte Superior Court.
The crash that killed Larry Davis, 43, occurred June 15 at U.S. 421 and County Road 300 North in LaPorte County. Davis, who is survived by his wife, Darcie, two daughters and four step-children, was operations manager at National Intermodal Services in Chicago.
Police reports state 20-year-old Adam Deutscher, of Michigan City, was driving a Suburban and may have fallen asleep before driving into Davis, who was stopped waiting to turn. A witness told police Deutscher continued driving "with a person on the front of the truck with arms in the air."
Deutscher's vehicle, with Davis still on it, ended up swerving into the opposite lane and striking another vehicle.
"This is one of the most horrific deaths I've come across," said the family's attorney, Kenneth J. Allen.
The lawsuit names Deutscher and his family's company, The Masonry Stop Inc., as defendants. Allen said Deutscher was working for the company at the time of the accident.
